Kyoto University, Graduate School of Biostudies, Associate Professor
From Oct. 2014, To Dec. 2015
Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Program-Specific Independent Associate Professor
From Mar. 2010, To Oct. 2014
Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Program-Specific Independent Assistant Professor (Kyoto Fellow)
From Aug. 2005, To Feb. 2010
University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Specialist
From May 2001, To Jul. 2005
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Postdoctoral Researcher
From Sep. 1995, To May 2001
University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, Ph. D. Student
From Aug. 1991, To Jun. 1995
University of Southern California, Dept. of Biology, Undergraduate Student
Profile
Profile
Peter graduated from the University of Southern California in 1995 with a B. Sc. in Biology. He entered the Molecular and Cellular Biology Ph. D. program at UC Berkeley the same year, and joined the lab of W. Zacheus Cande, where he studied meiosis in grasses (maize and rye). After obtaining his Ph. D. in 2001 he joined the lab of Abby Dernburg (LBNL/UC Berkeley) as a postdoc studying meiosis in C. elegans. In 2005, he joined John Sedat's lab at UCSF as a research associate, where he used the prototype OMX microscope and its capabilities of 3-Dimensional Structured Illumination Microscopy (3D-SIM) and fast live multiwavelength imaging for a variety of cell biological projects.
In 2010, he joined the iCeMS institute of Kyoto University as a principal investigator, and started a research program focused on chromosome structure and dynamics in meiosis and in mammalian culture cells. In 2015, he joined the faculty of Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Biostudies with adjunct appointments in the Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences and iCeMS.
Meiotic chromosome pairing, recombination, and segregation in the nematode C. elegans
Overview of the research
Meiosis is an essential cell division process that creates haploid cells (e.g., sperm and eggs) from diploid precursors. Errors in meiosis cause many human reproductive problems, from infertility to birth defects. Using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for its excellent genetic and cytological qualities, we aim to find the mechanisms underlying correct pairing and synapsis of homologous chromosomes, as well as regulation of chromosome segregation.
Research Areas
Life sciences, Cell biology
Papers
Length-sensitive partitioning of Caenorhabditis elegans meiotic chromosomes responds to proximity and number of crossover sites
Carlos Mario Rodriguez-Reza; Aya Sato-Carlton; Peter Mark Carlton
Current Biology (accepted 2024 Sept), 11 Oct. 2024, Corresponding author
Nematode chromosomes
Peter M Carlton; Richard E Davis; Shawn Ahmed
Genetics, 05 May 2022, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author, Corresponding author
Phosphoregulation of DSB-1 mediates control of meiotic double-strand break activity
Heyun Guo; Ericca L. Stamper; Aya Sato-Carlton; Masa A. Shimazoe; Xuan Li; Liangyu Zhang; Lewis Stevens; KC Jacky Tam; Abby F. Dernburg; Peter M. Carlton
eLife, 17 Feb. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Last author, Corresponding author
Sequential peripheral enrichment of H2A.Zac and H3K9me2 during trophoblast differentiation in human embryonic stem cells
Georgia Rose Kafer; Yoshihisa Tanaka; Regina Rillo-Bohn; Eiko Shimizu; Kouichi Hasegawa; Peter M. Carlton
Journal of Cell Science, 15 Dec. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author
Phosphoregulation of HORMA domain protein HIM-3 promotes asymmetric synaptonemal complex disassembly in meiotic prophase in Caenorhabditis elegans
Aya Sato-Carlton; Chihiro Nakamura-Tabuchi; Xuan Li; Hendrik Boog; Madison K. Lehmer; Scott C. Rosenberg; Consuelo Barroso; Enrique Martinez-Perez; Kevin D. Corbett; Peter Mark Carlton
Intestine-to-Germline Transmission of Epigenetic Information Intergenerationally Ensures Systemic Stress Resistance in C. elegans.
Masanori Nono; Saya Kishimoto; Aya Sato-Carlton; Peter Mark Carlton; Eisuke Nishida; Masaharu Uno
Cell reports, 10 Mar. 2020, Peer-reviewed
Sequential enrichment at the nuclear periphery of H2A.Zac and H3K9me2 accompanies pluripotency loss in human embryonic stem cells
Georgia Rose Kafer; Regina Rillo-Bohn; Peter M. Carlton
16 Feb. 2020, Corresponding author
Sycp2 is essential for synaptonemal complex assembly, early meiotic recombination and homologous pairing in zebrafish spermatocytes.
Kazumasa Takemoto; Yukiko Imai; Kenji Saito; Toshihiro Kawasaki; Peter M Carlton; Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro; Noriyoshi Sakai
PLoS genetics, Feb. 2020, Peer-reviewed
The meiotic phosphatase GSP-2/PP1 promotes germline immortality and small RNA-mediated genome silencing.
Billmyre KK; Doebley AL; Spichal M; Heestand B; Belicard T; Sato-Carlton A; Flibotte S; Simon M; Gnazzo M; Skop A; Moerman D; Carlton PM; Sarkies P; Ahmed S
Nuclear pore complex remodeling by p75(NTR) cleavage controls TGF-beta signaling and astrocyte functions
Christian Schachtrup; Jae Kyu Ryu; Koenuel Mammadzada; Abdullah S. Khan; Peter M. Carlton; Alex Perez; Frank Christian; Natacha Le Moan; Eirini Vagena; Bernat Baeza-Raja; Victoria Rafalski; Justin P. Chan; Roland Nitschke; Miles D. Houslay; Mark H. Ellisman; Tony Wyss-Coray; Jorge J. Palop; Katerina Akassoglou
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE, Aug. 2015, Peer-reviewed
Protein Phosphatase 4 Promotes Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis, and Contributes to Maintaining Crossover Competence with Increasing Age
Aya Sato-Carlton; Xuan Li; Oliver Crawley; Sarah Testori; Enrique Martinez-Perez; Asako Sugimoto; Peter M. Carlton
NanoScript: A Nanoparticle-Based Artificial Transcription Factor for Effective Gene Regulation
Sahishnu Patel; Dongju Jung; Perry T. Yin; Peter Carlton; Makoto Yamamoto; Toshikazu Bando; Hiroshi Sugiyama; Ki-Bum Lee
ACS NANO, Sep. 2014, Peer-reviewed
HAL-2 Promotes Homologous Pairing during Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis by Antagonizing Inhibitory Effects of Synaptonemal Complex Precursors
Weibin Zhang; Natasha Miley; Michael S. Zastrow; Amy J. MacQueen; Aya Sato; Kentaro Nabeshima; Enrique Martinez-Perez; Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans; Peter M. Carlton; Anne M. Villeneuve
PLOS GENETICS, Aug. 2012, Peer-reviewed
HAL-2 Promotes Homologous Pairing during Caenorhabditis elegans Meiosis by Antagonizing Inhibitory Effects of Synaptonemal Complex Precursors
Weibin Zhang; Natasha Miley; Michael S. Zastrow; Amy J. MacQueen; Aya Sato; Kentaro Nabeshima; Enrique Martinez-Perez; Susanna Mlynarczyk-Evans; Peter M. Carlton; Anne M. Villeneuve
PLoS Genetics, Aug. 2012, Peer-reviewed
Dynein-dependent processive chromosome motions promote homologous pairing in C. elegans meiosis
David J. Wynne; Ofer Rog; Peter M. Carlton; Abby F. Dernburg
JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, Jan. 2012, Peer-reviewed
Quantitative immunofluorescence mapping reveals little functional coclustering of proteins within platelet alpha-granules
Jeffrey Kamykowski; Peter Carlton; Siddharth Sehgal; Brian Storrie
BLOOD, Aug. 2011, Peer-reviewed
OMX: A new platform for multimodal, multichannel wide-field imaging
Sequence-Dependent Sorting of Recycling Proteins by Actin-Stabilized Endosomal Microdomains
Manojkumar A. Puthenveedu; Benjamin Lauffer; Paul Temkin; Rachel Vistein; Peter Carlton; Kurt Thorn; Jack Taunton; Orion D. Weiner; Robert G. Parton; Mark von Zastrow
CELL, Nov. 2010, Peer-reviewed
Condensed Mitotic Chromosome Structure at Nanometer Resolution Using PALM and EGFP- Histones
Atsushi Matsuda; Lin Shao; Jerome Boulanger; Charles Kervrann; Peter M. Carlton; Peter Kner; David Agard; John W. Sedat
PLOS ONE, Sep. 2010, Peer-reviewed
Fast live simultaneous multiwavelength four-dimensional optical microscopy
Peter M. Carlton; Jerome Boulanger; Charles Kervrann; Jean-Baptiste Sibarita; Jean Salamero; Susannah Gordon-Messer; Debra Bressan; James E. Haber; Sebastian Haase; Lin Shao; Lukman Winoto; Atsushi Matsuda; Peter Kner; Satoru Uzawa; Mats Gustafsson; Zvi Kam; David A. Agard; John W. Sedat
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Sep. 2010, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
Whole cell imaging reveals novel modular features of the exomembrane system of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
Eric Hanssen; Peter Carlton; Samantha Deed; Nectarios Klonis; John Sedat; Joe DeRisi; Leann Tilley
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY, Jan. 2010, Peer-reviewed
Measurement of replication structures at the nanometer scale using super-resolution light microscopy
D. Baddeley; V. O. Chagin; L. Schermelleh; S. Martin; A. Pombo; P. M. Carlton; A. Gahl; P. Domaing; U. Birk; H. Leonhardt; C. Cremer; M. C. Cardoso
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, Jan. 2010, Peer-reviewed
Cytoskeletal Forces Span the Nuclear Envelope to Coordinate Meiotic Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis
Aya Sato; Berith Isaac; Carolyn M. Phillips; Regina Rillo; Peter M. Carlton; David J. Wynne; Roshni A. Kasad; Abby F. Dernburg
CELL, Nov. 2009, Peer-reviewed
Interlock Formation and Coiling of Meiotic Chromosome Axes During Synapsis
Chung-Ju Rachel Wang *; Peter M. Carlton*; Inna N. Golubovskaya; W. Zacheus Cande
GENETICS, Nov. 2009, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
OMX, a new microscope platform for increased time and spatial resolution
John Sedat; David Agard; Zvi Kam; Jerome Boulange; Pete Carlton; Lin Shao; Peter Kner; Atsushi Matsuda
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, Aug. 2009, Peer-reviewed
Whole cell imaging of Plasmodium falciparum blood stages
Eric Hanssen; Christian Knoechel; Peter Carlton; John Sedat; Carolyn Larabell; Leann Tilley
MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, Jul. 2009, Peer-reviewed
N-terminal processing of proteins exported by malaria parasites
Henry H. Chang; Arnold M. Falick; Peter M. Carlton; John W. Sedat; Joseph L. DeRisi; Michael A. Marletta
MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY, Aug. 2008, Peer-reviewed
Three-dimensional resolution doubling in wide-field fluorescence microscopy by structured illumination
Mats G. L. Gustafsson; Lin Shao; Peter M. Carlton; C. J. Rachel Wang; Inna N. Golubovskaya; W. Zacheus Cande; David A. Agard; John W. Sedat
BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL, Jun. 2008, Peer-reviewed
Subdiffraction multicolor imaging of the nuclear periphery with 3D structured illumination microscopy
Lothar Schermelleh*; Peter M. Carlton*; Sebastian Haase; Lin Shao; Lukman Winoto; Peter Kner; Brian Burke; M. Cristina Cardoso; David A. Agard; Mats G. L. Gustafsson; Heinrich Leonhardt; John W. Sedat
SCIENCE, Jun. 2008, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
Three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy and its application to chromosome structure
Peter M. Carlton
CHROMOSOME RESEARCH, May 2008, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Corresponding author
A presynaptic giant ankyrin stabilizes the NMJ through regulation of presynaptic microtubules and transsynaptic cell adhesion
Jan Pielage; Ling Cheng; Richard D. Fetter; Pete M. Carlton; John W. Sedat; Graeme W. Davis
NEURON, Apr. 2008, Peer-reviewed
Rapid telomere motions in live human cells analyzed by highly time-resolved microscopy
Xueying Wang; Zvi Kam; Peter M. Carlton; Lifeng Xu; John W. Sedat; Elizabeth H. Blackburn
EPIGENETICS & CHROMATIN, 2008, Peer-reviewed
Polarity reveals intrinsic cell chirality
Jingsong Xu; Alexandra Van Keymeulen; Nicole M. Wakida; Pete Carlton; Michael W. Berns; Henry R. Bourne
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, May 2007, Peer-reviewed
A link between meiotic prophase progression and crossover control
Peter M. Carlton; Alfonso P. Farruggio; Abby F. Dernburg
PLOS GENETICS, Feb. 2006, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
HIM-8 binds to the X chromosome pairing center and mediates chromosome-specific meiotic synapsis
CM Phillips; C Wong; N Bhalla; PM Carlton; P Weiser; PM Meneely; AF Dernburg
CELL, Dec. 2005, Peer-reviewed
Directed motion of telomeres in the formation of the meiotic bouquet revealed by time course and simulation analysis
PM Carlton; CR Cowan; WZ Cande
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL, Jul. 2003, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
Reorganization and polarization of the meiotic bouquet-stage cell can be uncoupled from telomere clustering
CR Cowan; PM Carlton; WZ Cande
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE, Oct. 2002, Peer-reviewed
Telomeres act autonomously in maize to organize the meiotic bouquet from a semipolarized chromosome orientation
PM Carlton; WZ Cande
JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, Apr. 2002, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
The polar arrangement of telomeres in interphase and meiosis. Rab1 organization and the bouquet